Anime continues its global takeover, and Oha Suta TV Show's Identity V Game-Playing Segment Gets Short Anime is the latest title making waves. Whether you follow the manga, the anime, or both, this news changes the picture in a big way.
Identity (2003) β At a Glance
Malcolm Rivers has been convicted as the perpetrator of several murders and is sentenced to death. An 11th-hour defense by his lawyers and psychiatrist that Malcolm is insane based on new evidence has resulted in them meeting with the prosecutors and the judge to discuss whether the verdict should be overturned. Meanwhile, on a dark night during a torrential rainstorm in the Nevada desert, a series of chain-reaction events results in several people needing to stay at an out-of-the-way motel managed by Larry. They are: ex-cop, now limo driver Ed and his client Caroline, a diva of a once-famous actress; quiet adolescent Timmy, his stepfather George, and his mother Alice, who was seriously injured when Ed accidentally ran over her as she watched George change their flat tire; prostitute Paris, who was the unwitting cause of George's flat tire; newlyweds Lou and Ginny, whose marriage is based on a lie; and Police Officer Rhodes, who was en route escorting prisoner Robert to his new institution. None can leave because of washed-out roads, all the other businesses around the motel are closed because of the storm, and all communication in and out is not functioning also because of the storm. One by one, they are murdered, the murderer leaving a calling card of a motel room key, starting with the room 10 key and working his way presumably to the room 1 key when the last person will be dead. Those still alive band somewhat together under Officer Rhodes and Ed's direction to find out which of the 11 is the murderer, and if, based on one of their theories, that they were brought to the motel by some force by the murderer as his intended targets. Whether those still alive can discover who the murderer is, discover why he has chosen to kill them, and be able to subdue him may well determine Malcolm's fate.
Movie Details
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Mystery, Thriller
- Release Date: 25 Apr 2003
- Director: James Mangold
- Writers: Michael Cooney
- Cast: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
- Box Office: $52,159,536
- Awards: 1 win & 11 nominations total
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3/10 | Rotten Tomatoes: 63% | Metacritic: 64/100
The Story So Far
Oha Suta Daigo Gakuen (Good Morning production house: V Academy), the segment in the children's variety show Oha Suta in which the hosts play the Identity V video game, is inspiring a four-installment short anime that will first screening at the end of November. In the regular live-action Daigo Gakuen segment, voice performer Subaru Kimura (who goes by the nickname Suba-nii on the show to reflect his older, mentor-like personality towards the children) and "Oha Kids" cast members try out the latest modes of NetEase Games' survival horror game Identity V.
The second run of this video game segment will start on September 8. The short anime version of Daigo Gakuen will depict the daily school life of Identity V's gardener part Emma (voiced in Japanese by Chiwa SaitΕ) and other survivors as students β with the game's Jack or The Ripper part as their teacher. Like the live-action Daigo Gakuen segment, the short anime wil play within the Oha Suta program, which airs on the TV Tokyo channel and its affiliates every weekday at 7:05 a.m.
NetEase Games launched the Identity V game on smartphones in China in April 2018, and then rolled out the game worldwide (including in Japan) in July 2018. In the game, four players assume the part of survivors against another player as a hunter. The game has a worldwide userbase of over 400 million.
Sources: Oha Suta's website, Comic Natalie
What happens next is anyone's guess, but one thing is certain: this development has added a fresh chapter to an already fascinating entertainment saga. Stay tuned to TeraMovies for all the latest updates from the world of cinema.
